The Detroit Tigers announced on Saturday that manager Ron Gardenhire is retiring effective immediately and will not return for a fourth season.
Gardenhire, who turns 63 next month, is 132-241 (.354 winning percentage) in two-plus seasons with the Tigers. He signed a three-year deal when he was hired before the 2018 season, the first full year the team embraced the rebuild.
Lloyd McClendon will manage the team the remainder of the season.
"This afternoon, when I got here to the office, I went to Gardy's office to talk baseball stuff," Tigers general manager Al Avila said.